A person with this profession titles an ode whose speaker describes “the dark of the chitlin to solid gold dawn”; that poem is by Wanda Coleman. The speaker notes, “the invention of women under siege / has been to sharpen love in the service of myth” in a Rita Dove poem about a person with this job. The speaker of a poem about a person with this job thinks about plays by Brendan Behan and Jean Genet, but ends up sticking with Verlaine “after practically going to sleep with quandariness.” The speaker of that poem (*) buys a carton of Gauloises, a carton of Picayunes, and a New York Post with the face of a woman with this job. “Everyone and I stopped breathing” in that poem about a woman with this profession, (-5[1])which is also the job of a man who “slept like a rock or a man that’s dead” in a poem set on Lenox Avenue. For 10 points, name this profession, the subject of “The Day Lady Died” (10[1])and “The Weary Blues.” (10[1])■END■